AP Government Final Exam MONSTER Review

The President must have the advice and consent of the Senate to make treaties and __________.

Is the following position conservative or liberal?  Support / expansion of government programs.

What is the purpose of a caucus in the House, Senate or made of both Reps and Senators?

Civil liberties protections for all citizens are based on

What branch can create "inferior courts" of the federal system?

House or Senate?  Has filibusters.

Media tends to be biased in all the following ways EXCEPT?

Presidential authority to strip out parts of bills without rejecting the whole bill is known as

The Hatch Act bans federal employees from engaging in what behaviors?

Giving government jobs in return for loyalty and support of elected officials is called

Is political socialization mostly formal or informal in the U.S.?

What effect did Shay's Rebellion have on the "founding fathers"?

All of the following are ways the President might achieve a policy without passing a law EXCEPT

What do family, mass media, school and peers have in common related to politics?

All of the following are true of primaries EXCEPT?

Comstat, Amtrack and the Postal Service are all examples of

Is the following position conservative or liberal?  Protect the life of the unborn.

This amendment limits the U.S. President to two terms.

What law requires Congressional approval to deploy troops for more than 60 days?

The Department of Homeland Security, Education, Health and Human Services are all examples of

Al the following are concurrent powers of the federal and state governments EXCEPT?

What case declared that the accused must be read their rights upon custodial interrogation?

What part of the Civil Rights Act banned discrimination in federally funded programs?

The model where you elect someone and expect them to use their judgement when voting is the

What portion of the 14th amendment is the basis for civil rights protections in the US?

Which of the following committees would be considered most powerful?

All of the elements below are part of iron triangles EXCEPT

How many justices serve on the Supreme Court?

This law banned literacy tests & allowed federal oversight of election activities in the South

When the President is using the "bully pulpit", what tool is probably nearby?

What is the primary reason third parties do not succeed longterm?

Conservative or liberal?  Increase regulations to protect the environment.

What's the remedy if each house of Congress has passed a similar but not identical bill?

According to the Constitution, once a year, the president is required to do what?

In the legislative process, what type of laws must originate in the House of Representatives?

House or Senate?  The Vice President breaks ties.

Voters registered as independents are positively correlated with what behavior?

When does a federal judge leave office?

"Pork"and "earmarks" are nicknames for 

The power to determine voting requirements and election procedures is held by

Time, manner and place restrictions to preserve public order relate to the right to

House or Senate?  Has a rules committee.

Republican or Democratic platform "plank"?  Privatize Social Security.

This amendment provided for the direct election of senators.

What type of primary do political parties like best?

All of the following were intended to limit black voting EXCEPT

House or Senate?  Has standing committees..

For a case to be heard by the Supreme Court, how many justices must vote to accept it?

What percentage / fraction of the Senate must approve treaties for them to become law?

Which of the following can the President do?

What amendment gave women the right to vote?

All of the following increase the likelihood of voting EXCEPT

Executive agreements are like treaties in which of the following ways?

One key job of the bureaucracy in relation to regulation is

Conservative or liberal?  Require photo ID to vote.

If a case is decided as "stare decisis" , what does that mean?

What do bureaucrats get out of iron triangles?

Republican or Democratic platform "plank"? Protect a woman's right to choose an abortion.

All of the following happen at a party's national convention EXCEPT?

House or Senate?  Holds impeachment trials.

An incumbent

House or Senate?  Small states are disproportionately represented.

NASA, National Science Foundation  & General Services are all examples of

What fraction of state legislatures/ conventions must approve of all Constitutional amendmentS?

Teacher led prayers violate the

Is the following position conservative or liberal?  Increase taxes on the wealthy.

Strict constructionists seek to understand or discern

Tha patronage system was reformed by what law that requires civil service exams?

Unstated powers that are logically delegated to Congress and the president are called . . .

What is the President's main check on judicial power?

This program provides pensions for the handicapped, orphaned, blind and elderly

The Bill of Rights represents what constitutional principle?

What fact might indicate that an incumbent is in a tight reelection race?

When judges are accused of letting their personal views shape decisions, unconstitutionally:

Why are signing statements controversial?

What person or groups bears the most responsibility for funding and shaping a campaign?

What aspect of campaigns gets the most media attention?

How do slander and libel differ as forms of defamation?

If the Supreme Court wants to hear a case, they issue a /an

For what primary reason do parties hold primaries and / or caucuses?

Conservative or liberal?  Provide a "path to citizenship" for law-abiding illegal immigrants.

This 1896 case ruled that "separate but equal" was constitutional

What innovation in broadcasting led to the development of "narrowcasting"?

Where is judicial review "covered" in the Constitution?

All of the following are tasks of political parties EXCEPT

This amendment ended slavery

What do legislators get out of iron triangles?

How many levels are the federal court system?

Why did Antifederalists oppose the Constitution? 

Which of the following is true of Political Action Committees (PACS)?

This amendment eliminated the poll tax

People and groups who have a perspective on a case, but are not directly involved, can

Interest groups and political parties differ in that

What is the largest source of revenue coming into the US government?

The largest portion of DISCRETIONARY federal spending goes to

This amendment gave black males the right to vote

What was the first form of mass media?

Is the following position conservative or liberal?  Support free trade and low tariffs. 

What part of the 14th amendment allows selective incorporation of civil liberties protections?

Powers not granted to the federal government and retained by the states are called . . .